16. Heroes and Villains of the Ancient America - The Caribbean Tribes and Cultures – Part 2
My Name is Cacique Guarionex – Chief of Maguá and the Taino I was born under the sun-dappled canopy of the highlands, in the region our...
16. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution: Education, Health, Immigration and the Middle-Class Boom
Education: My Name Is Horace Mann: A Life in the Service of Education I was born on May 4, 1796, in the small, rugged town of Franklin,...
15. Heroes and Villains of the Ancient America - The Caribbean Tribes and Cultures – Part 1
I Am Yma Sumac's Ancestor: A Shaman’s Story from the Amazon I came into this world when the rivers were young and the sky sang low to the...
15. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - Socialism & Capitalism (Marxism, Utopian Socialism)
My Name is Cornelius Vanderbilt: American Industrialist and Self-Made Magnate I was born on May 27, 1794, in Port Richmond, Staten...
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Jul 31
14. Heroes and Villains of the Ancient America - The Mapuche Civilization
My Name is Lonko Pailapan: The Sky Burned Red When I Was Born My name is Pailapan, which means Burning Sky. I was born on a night when...
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Jul 31
13. Heroes and Villains of the Ancient America - The Tribes, Civilizations, and Culture of Eastern South America
My Name is Chief Tabajara of the Tupi Confederation: Child of the Forest and Sea I was born in a great longhouse near the ocean, where...
Historical Conquest Team
Jul 30
14. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - Labor Unions & Workers’ Rights
My Name is Andrew Carnegie – The Steel Tycoon and Philanthropist I was born in 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland, in a small one-room...
Historical Conquest Team
Jul 30
12. Heroes and Villains of the Ancient America - The Inca Civilization – Part 2
My Name is Sinchi Roca of the Chanka : Born of the Chanka, Forged in Fire I am Sinchi Roca of the Chanka—not to be confused with the...
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Jul 30
13. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - The Energy Wars
My Name is Hertha Ayrton – “The Woman in the Lab” I was born in 1854 in Portsea, England, to a Jewish immigrant family. My father died...
Historical Conquest Team
Jul 29
12. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - The Food and Medicine Wars
My Name is Sir Humphry Davy: Chemist & Agricultural Pioneer I was born in 1778 in the coastal town of Penzance, Cornwall—a place of...
Historical Conquest Team
Jul 28
